Thursday, February 23, 2006
Does Google Annoy You Too?
Ok, maybe its just me, maybe its my extreme hatred for all of the unknown factors that go along with Google Adwords, or maybe its the fact that EVERYWHERE I turn I see 'Google this', 'Google that.' I know I must have drank some Hatorade for breakfast this morning but I'm just tired of it. Just this morning I sit down with my bowl of cookie crisp and enjoy the early SportsCenter and the first commercial I is for Pontiac's new car-van-suv thing. Lately, Pontiac has been putting out some catchy tunes on their commercials and this one was no different, until the end. I'm bobbing my head to the tune 'Struggle' by Ringside when the song is abruptly interrupted with "Go to Google and search Pontiac." Why did Pontiac choose to to say that instead of "Visit Pontiac.com"? How much did Google pay to get into that commerical? Or are they just trading search rankings for TV ads now?As if that wasn't disturbing enough, later this evening I'm watching CSI on the boob tube and the turning point of the investigation was when the detective search on Google! Now this wasn't a scene where they faintly showed the familar rainbow colored Google logo slightly out of focus, it was a zoomed in shot of the Google search page. How annoying!
I know all about product placement in shows and movies but does Google really need anymore brand recognition? Who knows what is next, I'll probably be eating my Google cereal watching SportsCenter powered by Google on my Hi-Def Google Tv!I know deep down inside I'm just jealous that I'm not one of those Google-Millionares with a different Google colored Pontiac for every day of the week. I can't be the only one who thought "$85 for the Google IPO, that's ridiculous," or can I?
Posted By Jason Dowdell at 11:30 PM
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